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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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